Yamanashi Hanzō
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| Yamanashi Hanzō | |
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| 6 April 1864 – 2 July 1944 | |
 General Yamanashi Hanzō |
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| Place of birth | Kanagawa prefecture, Japan |
| Place of death | Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |  Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1886 -1927 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | IJA 18th Division |
| Battles/wars | First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War World War I |
| Other work | Minster of War Governor-General of Korea |
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Yamanashi.
Yamanashi Hanzō (山梨半造 Yamanashi Hanzō?, 6 April 1864 – 2 July 1944) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor-General of Korea from 1927 to 1929.
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[edit] Biography
A native of Kanagawa prefecture, Yamanashi graduated from the 8th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1886 and from the 8th class of the Army Staff College in 1892. He was assigned to the IJA 4th Infantry Brigade and served in combat during the First Sino-Japanese War with the IJA 2nd Army.
After the war, he served in a number of administrative and staff positions, before being posted to Germany as a military attaché from 1898 to 1902.
During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, he was Vice Chief of Staff of the IJA 2nd Army and subsequently Chief of Staff of the IJA 3rd Division. He returned to Europe immediately after the end of the war as military attaché to Austria-Hungary from the end of 1905 to 1907, and again to Germany from in 1907.
Yamanashi was promoted to major general in 1911, and assigned command of the IJA 30th Infantry Brigade. He was transferred to the IJA 1st Infantry Brigade the following year. After serving in a number of administrative positions within the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, he was again given a field command during World War I, commanding the IJA 18th Division at the Battle of Tsingtao. In 1916, Yamanashi was promoted to lieutenant general and in 1921 he was promoted to full general.
From 1921-1923, Yamanashi served as [Ministry of War of Japan|Minister of War]] under the cabinets of Prime Ministers Hara, Takahashi and Kato Tomosaburo. [1]
He retired from active military service in 1927. From 1927-1929, he served as Japanese Governor-General of Korea. [2]
| Preceded by Giichi Tanaka |
Minister of War 1921-1923 |
Succeeded by Giichi Tanaka |
| Preceded by Kazushige Ugaki |
Governor-General of Korea 1927-1929 |
Succeeded by Makoto Saito |
[edit] References
[edit] Books
- Coox, Alvin (1990). Nomonhan: Japan Against Russia, 1939. Stanford University Press. 0804718350.
- Dupuy, Trevor N. (1992). Encyclopedia of Military Biography. I B Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-85043-569-3.
- MacNamara, Dennis L. (1990). The Colonial Origins of Korean Enterprise: 1910-1945. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521385652.
[edit] External links
- Wendel, Marcus. Governor-Generals of Korea. Axis History Database.
- New York Times article from 1924 on Yamanashi's promotion to War Minister
